At 06:18 PM 12/30/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Mat: > >Just a note about your tag. The dark ages were dark due to a lack of >light. There are several proposed reasons for the long winters and >dark skies, but the evidence is very firm, the dark ages were dark, >cold, and damp in Europe.
I believe that was one reason for the labeling of the Dark Ages. The other, and the one I learned (and now I know two!), is the loss of knowledge after the fall of the Roman Empire, and the subsequent clamping down on research and ideas that did not benefit the Church. Is this incorrect? I have seen this as the stated reason many times in various texts. Ask your wife, I'm curious. --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
